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Last Updated: 2 Apr 2018 - 8:45:17 PM |
PHINNEY FASTEST IN QUALIFIERS, O'LOUGHLIN BELOW PAR
By Shane Stokes
26 Mar 2009,
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As expected, American rider Taylor Phinney dominated today�s qualifying round of the men�s individual pursuit in Pruszkow in Poland, recording a time of 4 minutes 15.16 seconds for the 4000 metre event.
Australian Jack Bobridge covered the distance in 4 minutes 17.419 seconds and will square off against Phinney in the gold medal final this evening.
Dominique Cornu (Belgium) and Volodymyr Diudia (Ukraine) were third- and fourth-fastest and consequently will go in the bronze medal final.
Irishman David O�Loughlin had expected to be in contention for a medal but had an unexpected off day, being reeled in by his opponent Alexei Markov (Russia) and recording a time of 4 minutes 32.48 seconds.
This was almost twelve seconds slower than his sixth-place finish of last year and will be a big disappointment to the An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly rider. He was third and then second in the past two World Cups, and had been going well in training.
Cycling Ireland�s Brian Nugent said that O�Loughlin will have medical tests tomorrow to try to work out what went wrong. �It just didn�t work out,� he stated. �The week went as planned, everything was good with training and the warm up this morning was fine. He seemed on course for a fast time. David started to feel what seemed to be a cold coming on yesterday but we didn�t want to make a big deal of it. He will go and see a doctor tomorrow and get some tests done.
�We are obviously disappointed but it�s not the end of the world. We started a good programme for 2012 and while today�s result was unexpected, we will stick with it and keep working.�
O�Loughlin was Ireland�s sole competitor in the world track championships, which runs until Sunday.
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UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Pruszkow, Poland, March 25-29:
Day 2, March 26th: Men's Individual Pursuit:
1, Taylor Phinney (United States Of America) 4 mins 15.160 (56.435 km/h)
2, Jack Bobridge (Australia) 4 mins 17.419
3, Dominique Cornu (Belgium) 4 mins 19.197
4, Volodymyr Diudia (Ukraine) 4 mins 19.786
5, Jesse Sergent (New Zealand) 4 mins 21.253
6, Sergi Escobar Roure (Spain) 4 mins 23.619
7, Alexei Markov (Russian Federation) 4 mins 24.085
Irish:
15, David O'Loughlin (Ireland) 4 mins 32.480
Final:
Gold medal final: Taylor Phinney (USA) beat Jack Bobridge (Australia)
Bronze medal final: Dominique Cornu (Belgium) beat Volodymyr Diudiu (Ukraine)
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